Snack: Molasses Cookie Sandwiches

For a real treat, make these sweet and salty cookie sandwiches with caramel bacon semifreddo filling.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health benefits of Molasses Cookie Sandwiches

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar, plus 1 1/4 cup
1 stick butter, softened
1/3 cup molasses
1 egg
3/4 cup cake flour
1/2 cup bread flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups heavy cream
8 eggs, separated
1/2 cup rendered bacon fat
bacon, cooked and crumbled, for serving

Instructions

Cream together 1 1/2 cups sugar and butter in a bowl. Add the molasses and egg and mix until thoroughly combined.
In a medium bowl, add the cake flour, bread flour, baking soda, salt and spices and whisk together. Pour into the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
Scoop the dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap and form a log. Refrigerate and chill the dough for at least 1 hour.
While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 375 °F.
Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and form into golf ball-size balls. Roll in the sugar to coat and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 4 minutes, then rotate the cookie sheet and then bake for another 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the baked cookies from the oven and cool.
Use a 4-inch ring cutter to cut out rings of the Bacon Caramel Semifreddo and place on a cookie. Then add the crumbled bacon and sandwich with another cookie to make ice cream sandwiches.
Cook's Note: You can always substitute regular caramel ice cream instead of the semifreddo.

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